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Les Trotman — 2018 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign

Tennessee House, District 43 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 43 · totals since Jan 16, 2018

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2018–Q4 2018

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$0
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$15,640
includes $2,090 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $5,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$13,207
Donors
20
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $0 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2018 reported receipts $2,125
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $4,695
Q3 2018 reported receipts $2,050
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $18
Q2 2018 reported receipts $6,752
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $15,640
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $6,752 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $0 filing-stated

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $10,486
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,720
Total spent $13,207
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $1,435 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,229 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $205 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $4,381 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,783 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $598 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $4,143 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,757 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,386 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $2,584 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,354 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $230 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $664 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $364 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $301 filing-stated
Receipts
$15,640
Spent
$13,207

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

Largest part: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 32% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $5K · 30%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 25%Unitemized contributions $2K · 13%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $5K · 32%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $5,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $15,640
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $4,650
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,900
Unitemized contributions $2,090
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $5,000
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $6,752 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $0 filing-stated

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$291average gift
$100median gift
16individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
56%
19%
$200–1K
31%
27%
$1K–5K
13%
54%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $4,650 ÷ Individual donors: 16
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,650
Median gift $100
Individual donors 16
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $8,550 Out of state $0
  • McMinnville $4K44%
  • Nashville $4K44%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $8,550
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2018 – Dec 2018. Peak $4,300 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $3,783 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 11 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 9 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $900 and their names are withheld.

11 named donors 12 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ paid $250.00 2 $2,500.00
Jimmy Brewer 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 1 $1,000.00
Larry Ross 1 $1,000.00
June Huckeby 1 $300.00
Grundy County Democratic Party 1 $300.00
Charles Yancy 1 $300.00
Zachary Liff 1 $250.00
Robert Collier 1 $200.00
Wallace Bigby 1 $200.00

Expenditures

20 vendors 28 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Out the Door Printing 2 $1,976.50 19%
Moore, Joseph 3 $1,600.00 15%
Roland Digital 2 $1,590.00 15%
Southern Standard 4 $1,536.80 15%
Peg Broadcasting 1 $558.00 5%
6GCTV 1 $430.00 4%
BLTV 1 $352.00 3%
Collins River BBQ 1 $324.33 3%
American Press Printing 1 $275.31 3%
Taylor, Logan 1 $250.00 2%

Loans

$5,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $5,000
Loan principal shown $5,000
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Les Trotman) Candidate loan Jun 28, 2018 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $0.00

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Les Trotman’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $6,687 64%
  • Field & voter contact $2,050 20%
  • Printing & mail $673 6%
  • Fundraising & events $546 5%
  • Contributions & donations $250 2%
  • Office & operations $150 1%
  • Travel $130 1%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2018 Amended $2,113.87 $0.00 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83401
Pre-General 2018 $1,800.32 $2,113.87 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81025
Q3 2018 Amended $3,892.85 $1,800.32 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80296
Pre-Primary 2018 $6,458.63 $3,892.85 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77647
Q2 2018 Amended $370.81 $6,458.63 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 83399
Q1 2018 $0.00 $370.81 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75203

As filed on this report: cash beginning $0.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $370.81.